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John Rappaport (born July 1, 1980) is an American legal scholar who is currently a professor of law and the Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School. He is an expert on criminal procedure and evidence law.[2][3]
Rappaport graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics with distinction in 2002. In 2006, he graduated with a Juris Doctormagna cum laude from Harvard Law School.[2]
After graduating from law school, Rappaport worked as a law clerk for Judge Stephen Reinhardt on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In 2004, he was a Legal Intern for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities Section and a Legal Intern for the ACLU of Michigan. In 2005, he was a Legal Intern for the ACLU of New York.[4] From 2007 to 2010, he worked in the Office of the Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles, California. From 2009 to 2010, he worked as a law clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court of the United States. Between 2010 and 2012, he worked as a litigation associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles. After this role, he worked as a law clerk for Judge Paul J. Watford for six months.[2]
In 2015, Rappaport joined the University of Chicago Law School faculty as an assistant professor, having served as a Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow and a lecturer between 2013 and 2015. He became a tenured professor in 2020. His teaching and research interests include criminal procedure and the criminal justice system, with a focus on police misconduct and evidence.[3][5]